Collar.



No. 768,498. PATENTED AUG. 23, 1904.

A/L. WILLARD.

COLLAR. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 25, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented. August 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

:COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 768,498, dated August 23, 1904. Application filel January 25, 1904. Serial No. 190,506. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED LnoPoLD WIL- LARD, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing in the Rue Brenger, city of Paris.

France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars and Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to produce a new finish for the edge of a collar, cuff, or

like article adapted for use in a starched condition, such a finish that the edge of the multiply body will not have to be turned in and yet all tendency to ravel and fray will be overcome, and at the same time a collar will be produced which may have its extreme edge of the same thickness as the body.

In carrying out this invention 1 take the several plies of fabric which are to form the body of the collar and entirely surround their.

outer edge with a cord of a diameter substantially thatof the thickness of the collar, stitching the cord to the body of the collar.

When such a collar has been washed, starched, and ironed, it will present a smooth edge of substantially the same thickness as the body of the collar, and the cord and stitches will only be discernible upon close examination.

The annexed sheet of drawings, which forms a part of the specification, represents such a collar.

'Figure 1 is a view in elevation. a transverse section.

A is the body of the collar, which in the example is formed of three pieces of fabric fas- Fig. 2 is tened together by starching,

but which, as it will be understood, may be constituted of one single piece or any number of pieces.

B is the round cord. of substantially circular section, which surrounds exactly the outline of the body and is fastened to it by a suitable stitching C.

It must be understood that although the description of the invention is made for a loose collar the invention must be applied without departing from its spirit for the manufacture of cuffs, plain breast-pieces of shirts, collars for children, and similar linen goods.

I'claim as my inventionl. A collar or analogous article composed of a body of a number of plies of fabric, each ply terminating at the edge of said body, and an uncovered cord surrounding said body on the outside of the said edge and stitched to said body.

2. A collar or analogous article composed of a body of a number of plies of fabric, each ply terminating at the edge of said body and an uncovered cord of a diameter substantially equal to the thickness of the body surrounding said body on the outside of the said edge and-stitched to saidbody. I

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in the presence of'two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED micron) WILLARD. Witnesses:

GU's'rAvE DUMONT, HANSON C. Uoxn. 

